“The Great One”, as he was called, is most associated with Edmonton, to which he belonged in 1979-1988 and with which he won four Stanley Cup titles.
Now the absolutely last shirt legendary bar for the club has been sold at auction and the sum landed at just over 14 million kroner.
What further raises the price? In that match he also won the Stanley Cup.
According to ESPN, the shirt is still said to have champagne stains from the celebration.
Gretzky’s gloves from the final were also sold at the auction, these for around two million kronor.
During that season, 1987–1988, Wayne Gretzky scored 40 goals and 109 assists en route to the Stanley Cup playoffs, well there the score continued to hail in with 12 goals and 31 assists in 19 games. For that, he received the Conn Smythe Trophy, an award for the playoffs’ most valuable player.
Three months after the final, Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings.